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NOVEMBER 2, 1914. 15 PROTEST AGAINST FOOD SOURING IN ALIEN VOTE MADE STOMACH CAUSES INDIGESTION. GAS R. P. Bonham Says Electors' Duties in Oregon A.re Too Serious to Be Trifled With. 'Pape's Diapepsin" Ends All Stomach Distress in. Five Minutes. THE MORNING OREGONIAJT. MONDAY, VflDt of NONE BARRED BY DEFECTS Exception Taken to Permitting Im migrants, Unfitted for Citizen ship, to Exercise rail Right of Suffrage With no Bar. BV RAPHAEL P. BONHAM. The initiative and referendum and direct primary, in some form or other, seem, established as permanent parts of our system of government. These measures confer upon' tne voter in creased powers and Impose increased responsibilities accordingly. They make every Oregon voter a legislator, and compel him to directly make or un make our laws. He directly invests our officials with certain powers, and as easily divests them of others, and he may depose those officials who go far contrary to his wishes. The Ore gon voter's qualifications are, there fore, of gravest consequence. If the Oregon system is to be suc cessful, with the multiplied responsi hilitie imnosed upon her voters, it is of utmost importance upon whom these sacred rights and difficult duties are conferred. And here in the Oregon Constitution appears a flaw, but one ' which doubtless the people will rectify when thev realize its significance, ore gon allows those to vote who are not citizens, and among them even a con siderable number who, because of theiri unfitness, fortunately can never De- come citizens. Aliens Allowed to Vote. Oregon, with her voter having pow ers and responsibilities enjoyed by cit izens of few other states, by a strange anomaly looks less than nearly all other states into his qualifications. An alien mav make his declaration of in tention to become a citizen of the United States Immediately upon land Ing in the country, and though under existing law he cannot become a citi Ken until five years thereafter, and not then until he has established his good moral character, a certain familiarity with our system of government, ana his respect for and obedience to our laws, in Oregon, within one year after arrival in the united States and the taking out of his aforesaid intention papers, and, without question as to his character or intelligence, or even his right to be within the country, he may exercise all the rights or suffrage. That the average alien cannot within much less than five years com prehend or grasp our system of gov ernment is not controverted. That Congress appreciated this seems clear in that the alien is kept waiting at least five years, during which time he must show respect for and obedience to our laws, and finally some familiar ity with the rudiments of our govern ment before he may become a citizen. That illiterate aliens, unable to read) or write, unable to speak our language, and unfamiliar with the purposes and Ideals of our government, and much less so with the more or less complex Oregon system, may and do vote in this state is manifestly wrong. . .Condition la Anomalous. The most incongruous feature Is that men now vote in Oregon who are Wonder what upset your Btomach- whlch portion of the food did the dam agedo you? Well, don't bother. If' your stomach is in a revolt: if sour, gassy and upset, and what you just ate has fermented into stubborn lumps; head dizzy and aches; belch gases and acids and eructate undigested food; breath foul, .tongue coated Just take a little Pape's Diapepsin and in five minutes you wonder what became of the indigestion and distress. Millions of men and women today know that it Is needless to have a bad stomach. A little Diapepsin occasion ally keeps this delicate organ regu lated and they eat their favorite foods without fear. If your stomach doesn't take care of your liberal limit without rebellion; if your food is a damage Instead of a help, remember, the quickest, surest. most harmless relief is Pape's Diapep sin, which costs only fifty cents for a large case at drug stores. It's truly wonderful it digests food and seta things straight, so gently and easily that it is really astonishing. Please, for your sake, don't go on and on with a weak, disordered stomach; it's so un necessary. Adv. and ' Southern and Eastern Europe (more than one-third of whom are en tirely illiterate), most of whom are un accustomed to our form of government, and who are generally unprepared to take part speedily in the administra tion of our affairs. With the west ward drift of immigration, the com pletion of the Panama Canal, and peace in Europe, such aliens will come among us in still greater numbers. Many of them will long remain unqualified as citizens or electors. Should the peo ple of Oregon continue prodigally to lavish upon these alien incompetents one of their most sacred rights and privileges? Walt Not Deemed Hardship. To invite all good and intelligent men who live among us to become familiar with our ideas of government, to become citizens, and then to help conduct our affairs, seems fitting and proper, but an alien who does not think enough of our citizenship and suf frage to wait five years to attain it Is likely not sufficiently appreciative of the high privilege to make a patriotic citizen or voter. Those of foreign birth cannot charge us with lack of fairness to them if this be made the law (as it already is In nearly every state) when our na tive-born sons and - daughters must wait until 21 years of age before exer cising the right to vote in the elections of their own country. To thrust the complexities and responsibilities of the Oregon system upon the unDrenared foreigner Is unfair to him. unjust to the native-born American voter, and to that large honorable class of intel ligent men who have become natural ized citizens of this country. No alien. who, through either Indifference or incapability, has failed to qualify as a citizen, seems a benefit as a com ponent part of our body politic, or is he rightfully entitled to participate in the administration of the affairs of tne state and Nation. ELKS TO HAVE JUBILEE! not. and who because of their proved PORTLAND LODGE TO CELEBRATE ! unfitness and undesirabllity cannot be come citizens. Under the existing laws, regardless of his unfitness for naturalization, in Informal Programme Will spite of the fact that he may be in sincere in his declaration ultimately to become a citizen, in defiance of the fact that he may be a moral derelict and- criminal, and though he may be subject to arrest and expulsion from the united States, an alien may se cure a declaration' of Intention with out hindrance, and with that document TWENTY-FIFTH BIRTHDAY, Be Given. Returns From Election Received and Visitors Entertained Tuesday. Portland Lodge of Elks will hold a "stag" party next Tuesday evening to celebrate Its silver jubilee. A few In his possession may vote In Oregon youn men "nded the Portland lodga unchallenged. . , I ,n November, 1889. It has grown to Many Incompetent and immoral, un- I be the richest in the entire order and lawful and undesirable aliens, who I has attained a membership of 1400. Its au iesdi ur jutingniia oecome hospitality has set a standard for the citizens, and who, when they finally I lodges of "the" world, since the 48th apply for naturalization. If they ever "va, " '" "V'1,: tl'- l , do, will be refused citizenship, but an"ual ," . d thlS CiJy.in 1912" wh rr, thtr i i , I Tho committee in charge of the pro- gramme for Tuesday night is composed of charter members, mainly, who still Those on the who, having made their declaration of Intention, flippantly, and often with . .i. !. U . I "l IC " r v" " .v,. ;.";,7 " . are active in the work nu icspuiisiuie iuuununs ui citizen-i Tr IJ)M1 , , .hin a i. I committee are Henry D. Griffin, chalr- ,: . , , man; JJ. Solis Cohen, Dr. Charles-W held by some to be undesirable as a ',,, D YY onent part of our citizenship are Dowlln ' ,;,,. "V,", w una us. Any or these people may nnik.T T iT" " . romp the Hindus. Any of these people secure his intention papers and then Marshall. may vote Irrespective of whether or not he may later, or ever, become an American citizen. ' , Colonisations-Menace Shown. The programme will be informal, one principally of good fellowship. Sev eral interesting numbers will be fur nished by local playhouses and th Illiterate aliens " not infrequently ii;iKS' band of 42 pieces will nlav. IX congregate together in certain local- Solis Cohen will deliver the address. itiea, and unable to read or write our Arrangements have been made to re- language, and oftentimes not even celve full election returns. Refresh- ineir . own, are induced by designing, menis win De served. men, sometimes of their own national- It- Is expected that the meetlnar will lty, to take out their first papers, and D attended by members from most of then, absolutely without information the Oregon lodges and from severa.1 In as to tne merits of the measures, and uaiuornia and Washington. with no independence, are voted by and It tne llrnntlnn nr rhA hnq mnniila- tor. or petty politician in a way that LAGGARD CHURCH DECRIED best ults his purpose. Officers of the IUlll.ll OLUnitU United States immigration service not infrequently arrest alien criminals. white slave parasites, and others of vicious and . undesirable characters found to be. unlawfully within the United States,.who are thereupon, aft er due process, expelled from the coun- Sunnyside Pastor Contends Dull ness Kills Religious Spirit. "Dullness and stupidity have no place in the church. When the church be- try. Often there are found in the comes dull and stupid It has no true possession of these men Intention religious spirit. It Is simply a respect, papers upon, which they have been able corpse and if it la decently burled voting in Oregon with impunity for the community will not. suffer much those men and measures least inimical loss." - . to themselves. These assertions were made yester- An alien's character and reputation daT morning In the Sunnyslde Metho- and intelligence, insofar as they bear dist Church by the. pastor. Rev. R. on his qualifications . for citizenship Elmer Smith, in his sermon on "A ana sunrage, are not investigated by I u'"nuus -nurcn. .he Government and passed upon by a court until he makes his final applica tion for naturalization, which, as al ready stated, Is not until he has had at least five years' continuous resi dence in this country. When he has qualified as a citizen would seem to be the time to grant him the privilege of voting, and not before. Safeguard Is Urged. Such is virtually the law in 40 of our states in all save Oregon, Ne braska. Texas, Kansas, South . Dakota, Indiana, Arkansas, and to a limited degree in Missouri and it is Incum bent upon the people of Oregon to safeguard more zealously their rights in this matter. This Is much more imperative now than in the past, not only because of the new duties of the Oregon voter, but also .because the number of Illiter ate aliens among us Is constantly in creasing. Of recent years the immi - gration to the United States has fal len off from the countries whose peo ple first settled this continent, and who, because of their environments, because of their sympathy for and ap preciation and understanding of our ideals and laws, speedily become good citizens. In their place are coming In vast numbers other races from Asia Don't Be Fooled by the Journal The so-called "Water Front" measures, 328 and 330, which the .Journal is trying to deceive the people into voting- for, will absolutely strangle the industrial and commercial progress of this state. The Journal says that these bills will not prevent the further use of the waterfront of this and other cities of the state, for manufacturing sites. That statement is not true. The measures def initely limit the class of future waterfront improvements to docks and structures of a like kind. Here is the exact wording of the bill: ; Section 2 "That the coporate authorities of a city or town lying upon any navigable stream or other like . water, may, with the acquiescence of the StateLand Board of the State of Oregon or its legal successor in office, lease, for the purpose of constructing private owned 'wharves, docks, piers, basins, slips, water terminals or other structures of like kind." Do you see any provision in that section whereby a fisherman may erect a cannery on the water-. front, a logger erect a boom to hold his logs, a lumberman erect a sawmill, a shipbuilder erect a ship-building plant, or any manufacturer build a plant requiring access to water. These measures, if passed, will absolutely paralyze the industrial development of Oregon, the Journal to the contrary notwithstanding. . Think for a moment what it means to prevent by law the lining of our great rivers and bays with labor-producing industries. Think what it means to hamper by law the development and use of the great timber and fishing resources of Oregon. Think what it means to the people of Oregon to pass a law that will reduce the' already meager payrolls of this'state. The army of the unemployed in Oregon is too large now; why increase it by passing laws that will strangle the industrial development of the state? ) Oregon is the richest state in the Union in un developed resources. The people can only become prosperous as these resources are developed by the building and operation of great manufactur ing enterprises. We Cannot JhAl Make a Living Working on Docks What would Portland do with 45 miles of docks on its waterfront and no manufacturing plants to supply the freight to be handled over these docks? ;The proponents of tliese waterfront measures made a terrible blunder when they placed them on the ballot. They should be honest enough to admit to the people that they blundered, and not go on with a blind, dogged determination to win, no matter what the cost to the people. Every man or woman in Oregon who works for a living is vitally interested in the defeat of these rneasures. . Oregon's greatest need is outside capital to develop its resources, but if we advertise to the world that we hamper industry by law, Oregon will be the last state that capital seeking invest ment will come to. ' Oregon needs the "rest cure." The time has come to call a halt on passing laws, that cripple indus- ry and frighten capital. Vote"329 X No and 331 X No (Paid Adv. Oregon Commercial Protective Association, Yeoa Bids;., Portland, Oregon.) 'THE SPOILERS" IS BUCK REX BEACH'S KAnVElOlS FILM OF . ALASKA AT HEILIG. The true modern church will not have a single aim, but several," said Dr. Smith. "It will not simply pray to the Almighty to destroy the saloon, the social evil and the other sins which curse society, but It will deliberately and heroically seize a big club In the shape of the ballot and better laws and thus kill these monsters of Iniquity. "God means that his church should not only be the greatest religious force, but the mightiest ethical,- social and practical force on earth. This is. as 1 understand It, the programme for the zutn century cnurcn. This is a big job, out a glorious one. "A church should not bn an ecclesi astical undertaking establishment or a religious cold storage plant. It ought to furnish good music, proper social diversions and a place where people may rest and worship. There is no connection whatever between dullness or stupidity and a true religious spirit." Woodburn Store Is Robbed. SALEM. Or., Nov. 1. (SpeclaL)-l Beck's general merchandise store at Woodburn was robbed of clothing val ued at $30 last night. The thieves en tered . by forcing a window. Sheriff Each was notified of the robbery and has a clue to the Identity of the thieves. Story of Gold Fields, With Delightful Plot of Intrigue, Is Gripping, and Photography Is Marvelous. Rex Beach's great romance of the Alaskan gold fields, "Tho Spoilers," has come again to the Helllg Theater for a week s run In motion picture form, in is fine presentation by the Selig Poly scope Company was most enthusiasic ally received on its opening last night by a gathering of loyal movie fans. who appreciate the highest attainment In picture-making, which this film truly represents. The pictures are vividly telling and the story takes on greater values than ever could be gathered from its mere reading In book form or from a stage depiction. In writing this vivid expose of tha graft, greed, cruelties and glar ing illegalities so bound up In the ear ly history of Alaskan mining days Rex Beach is given the credit for "starting something." -It was this something which drove politics out of the North' western courts and " prevented effect ually the further spoliation of the great gold fields. William N. Selig. head of the Selig Polyscope Company, in vis ualizing The Spoilers, selected a ro mance freighted with gripping heart Interest, big red-blooded Issues of life and vital scenes and events. The story is peculiarly adapted for picturing be cause of its "punch," tensity of action, compelling sympathies and the perfect construction of Its cllmaterio dramatic incidents. The picture is strong in sentiment. heated by those strong primitive pas-1 sions sure to be aroused in the criminal elements of a wlld.v lawless country when chance to despoil helpless toilers is presented. There are many side plots and stories In the one big main story of "The Spoil era" Clean manhood and loyal woman hood at its best are depicted in strong contrast to the evil natures that figure so largely in the Incidents. It is a pic ture that sends one home, after viewing it, marveling at the resourcefulness of evil and joyful in the triumph of right. VOTING TAKES 15 MINUTES Test Election Shows That 12 Votes Can Be Counted Each Hour. It takes the average woman 15 min utes to vote the ballot to be used at the election tomorrow. A board of women election officials can count that ballot In five minutes. These estimates are the result of the mock election and vote counting con test held Saturday In the Selling build ing by women who will serve on tne election boards tomorrow. Alice R. Nugent presided at the con test. .' Farmers Shipping: Oats. BUENA VISTA. Or.. Nov. 1. (Spe cial.) Large quantities of vetch and oats have been shipped from various parts of the county within the past few weeks. Growers were inclined to hold at the first of the season. Some who contracted early received a lower price than was obtained by growers holding their crops. The vetch crop was llghtet than last year. Oats, too, were less in yield. Warehouses have disposed of large amountavof seed. Nearly everybody wants to put tha law to somebody somewhere. LYRIC TANGLE AMUSING MV WIFE'S MUSBAXD" IS COMICAL STAGE-LIFE STORY. Chorus Girls Are Shown Realistically Waltina; for Cues As Invading Tailor Arrives -Piece Anions, Best. Tha story of the country boy attack ing the villain In a "blood and thunder" drama Is overshadowed fcy a similar story told In words and action at the Lyric Theater this week. "My Wife's Husband," a one-act comedy of Claud Kelly's production, opened yesterday at the Lyric. It de picts behind-the-stage life in realistic form. The curtain rises on a rehearsal scene, showing the chorus girls "loaf ing around crocheting, until sum moned for their -numbers. - Levi Cohen, who owns a tailor shop, accidentally arrives behind the foot lights while the rehearsal is going on. His wife is seen in costume and the plot, as -it unravels. Indicates that she Is acting without her viusband's know! edge. The producer is explaining to Cohen's wife the details of the plot. which includes the murder of the lead Ing1 man's wife and the husband of the leading woman, i Cohen' overhears the producer's explanation and believes that he is to be murdered, according to the plot. He also frightens the pro ducer's wife by telling her that sha also is included in the killing pro gramme. Finally everything Is ex plained and happiness is restored. Claud Kelly as "Hamlet," the vet eran and thjrsty -leading man, and Will Mansfield, as the producer, assist Solly Carter, alias -Cohen. In making the pro duction one of Keating 4b Flood's best offerings. A schoolroom scene in which Gene Gorman acts as the Gepaaan schoolmaster, adds spice to the play. Del Estes is roundly applauded in her musical number, "The Bully Wild West Show." PROHIBITION TALK IS SET Edward Adams Cantrell Will Speak at Turn Halle Tonight. Edward Adams CantreH, well-known as a Chautauqua lecturer and former pulpit orator In Chicago. Cincinnati and other Eastern' cities, will speak to night at the old Turn Halle. .Fourth and Tamhill streets, , discussing the proposed prohibition amendment which is to be voted on at tomorrow's elec tion. Mr. Cantrell has just closed a tour of the principal Oregon cities. There will be no admission charge tonight.' and every woman in the audience will be presented with a book by Mr. Can trell at the close of the lecture. . Motorvehicle Receipts Increase." SALEM. Or.. Nov. 1 (Special.) Motorvehicle dealers and chauffeurs' fees to November 1 totaled $77,258, in comparison with $56,873, the total of last year, according to a statement is sued by Secretary of State Olcott today. The total for 1912 was J42.994, and for 1911, $27,316. Fees collected In October this year aggregated $898.50. and in October last year $865. BEER IS NOT ALCOHOL Beer is the combined extract of malt and hops Malt builds up tissue Hops is an invigorating tonic. Beer contains natural carbonic aoid gas, which gives it sparkling effervescence. Beer contains 32 to 4 per cent of alcohol developed by natural fermentation, just enough to pre- serve it. Phones: Main 72, A 1172 Henry Weinhard Brewery Portland, Oregon